plans to take action. The Affordable Care Act imposed during the presidential‚ second term of Barack Obama‚ insured the health of U.S. citizens. This act lowered the uninsured rate to where the no other president had ever accomplished. "Now about twenty million additional adults have knowledge of the financial security of a health insurance‚ and 3 million more teenagers and children have coverage"(Obama). Even though the Obamacare health act has
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Definition of Tax ; The word ‘tax’ has been derived from the French word ‘taxe’ and the Latin word ‘taxare’ which means ‘to charge’. Tax is a contribution exacted by the state. It is a non-penal but compulsory and unrequited transfer of resources from the private to the public sector‚ levied on the basis of predetermined criteria. According to P. E. Taylor‚ “ Taxes are compulsory payment to government without expectation of direct return in benefit to the taxpayer. According to
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As the end of the year 2012 approached‚ the passing of the Sin Tax Bill grew into being the “talk of the town” – or perhaps‚ of the entire country. On the 20th of December of the same year‚ President Noynoy Aquino finally signed Republic Act No. 10351‚ better known as the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 which was implemented on January of the year 2013.The sin tax law is expected to raise 30 billion pesos ($750 million) which will be used for the health care services for over 5 million poor families just
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Tax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime to one’s own advantage‚ to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. Tax sheltering is very similar‚ and tax havens are jurisdictions which facilitate reduced taxes. The term tax mitigation is sometimes used; its original use was by tax advisers as an alternative to the pejorative term tax evasion. "Tax aggressive" strategies fall into the grey area between commonplace and well-accepted tax avoidance (such as purchasing
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History Income tax levels in India were very high during 1950-1980‚ in 1970-71 there were 11 tax slabs with highest tax rate being 93.5% including surcharges. In 1973-74 highest rate was 97.5%. But to reduce tax evasion tax rates were reduced later on‚ by "1992-93" maximum tax rates were reduced to 40%. [2][3] [edit]Residential status‚ Scope of taxable income & Charge [edit]Charge to Income-tax Whose income exceeds the maximum amount‚ which is not chargeable to the income tax‚ is an assesse
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Bush V. Gore 2000 The official name of my case is Bush versus Gore. The centeral question is if the Florida Supreme Court violated Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law and do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? Historical context included that on On November 8‚ 2000‚ the Florida Division of Elections reported that Bush won with 48.8% of the vote in Florida‚ a margin of victory of
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PERSONAL COPY/ NOT FOR SALE OR CIRCULATION (Session 2012-13) INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF INCOME-TAX: 1. India’ trust with income tax dates back to 1859 when James Wilson‚ Finance member in the Council of India‚ came to the country to establish the tax structure‚ a new paper currency and to remodel the finance system. 2. A bill imposing tax on profits from property‚ professions‚ trades and offices was passed by the Legislative Council of India. It received the assent of the Governor General on July
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are again making history: for the past 15 years‚ we have been trying to reform the tax structure of imposing excise tax on tobacco and alcohol products. After 15 long years‚ we have finally succeeded.” “As the people’s servant‚ I shall personally ensure that this government shall implement the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 in a transparent and accountable manner starting Jan. 1‚ 2013‚” he said. Starting today‚ the tax on cigarettes packed by hand‚ which comprise the bulk of tobacco products sold in
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INCOME TAX NOTES Residential Status and Incidence of Tax According to Section 5 of the Income Tax Act the scope of total Income of an assessee depends on his residential status.On the basis of residential status assessee are classified under the following two categories: 1. Resident 2. Non-resident. As per as resident individuals and Hindu Undivided Families are concerned‚ they can be further divided into two categories: 1. Ordinarily Resident 2. Not ordinarily Resident. Residential
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3 DEALERS UNDER MVAT‚ 2002 6 4 INCIDENCE AND LEVY OF TAX 10 5 REGISTRATION 12 6 RATE FOR TAX APPLICABLE TO DEALERS 16 7 FILING OF RETURNS AND PAYMENT OF TAXES 17 8 RETURN FORMS AND PAYMENT OF TAX 19 9 REVISED RETURNS 20 10 TAX INVOICE 26 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY 28 INTRODUCTION ON MVAT This Act may be called the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act‚ 2002. Maharashtra Value Added Tax (Levy and Amendment) Act‚ 2005. The system of Value Added Tax (VAT) has been implemented‚ in the State of Maharashtra
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